Small-diameter log evaluation for value-added structural applications

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 50, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 48-58

  Wolfe, Ronald ^a,c   Moseley, Cassandra ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b Rogue Inst for Ecology and Economy   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FOREST FIRES; SMALL DIMENTIONED WOOD;

BENDING STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); ELASTIC MODULI; FIRES; STIFFNESS; WOOD FUELS;

LOGGING (FORESTRY);

EID: 0034301287     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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